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encloses

  • present tense form
    of enclose (3rd person singular).
    enclose
    verb (used with object)
    to shut or hem in; close in on all sides.

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For the aircraft of tomorrow, Safran is also developing an "open fan" engine free of the nacelle or encasing, which traditionally encloses and protects the fan blades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

While standard drones use spinning propellers that slice through open air, creating that high-pitched buzz, Greenjets encloses spinning blades inside a pod, to muffle the sound and direct the noise away from the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus that encloses their DNA.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

But it had no lights of its own, so the volunteers used the LED lights and glow sticks to attach homemade Dodgers-themed signage to the fence that encloses the bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour?

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury